Dylan
A unisex name of Welsh origin, meaning son of the sea.
How Dylan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #27 |
| 2016 | #32 |
| 2017 | #29 |
| 2018 | #31 |
| 2019 | #39 |
| 2020 | #42 |
| 2021 | #44 |
| 2022 | #41 |
| 2023 | #34 |
| 2024 | #28 |
| 2025 | #41 |
Dylan by the numbers
In 2025, 717 babies in England and Wales were named Dylan. In the US, 10,158 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 16,496 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 140 American babies born that year was called Dylan.
Names that come from Dylan
Forms of Dylan in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Daylenson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan149 in the US (2017)
- Daylanson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan81 in the US (2017)
- Dylandson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan47 in the US (2017)
- Dylanison of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Dyllonson of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Dylanieson of the sea; a form of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dylannson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan77 in the US (2017)
- Dyllanson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan56 in the US (2017)
- Dylynson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
- Dylin15 in the US (2017)
- Dilyntrue lion; a form of Dilwyn13 in the US (2017)
- Dorandark-haired stranger; a form of Dóirín11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dylan
Names that are said the same way as Dylan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Dillanson of Dillion; true desire84 in the US (2017)
- Dylonson of the sea; a variant spelling of Dylan36 in the US (2017)
- Dylenson of the sea; variant of Dylan25 in the US (2017)
- Dylynnson of the sea; modern spelling of dylan9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Dylan, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Halliefrom the hall; sea-woman1,246 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Dylan
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